‘Social Science and Medicine’ Journal accepts impactful paper on supply chain co-authored by Prof Vijaya Subramanian

Prof Vijaya Subramanian — Sundram Fasteners Associate Professor of Operations Management at IFMR GSB — has co-authored a paper titled “Essential medicine shortages, procurement process and supplier response: A normative study across Indian states”. Accepted in the “Social Science and Medicine” journal, the paper analyses the supply chain factors leading to essential medicine shortages in …

Research paper by two IFMR GSB professors to be presented at the 37th International Conference of the French Finance Association

Dr Praveen Bhagawan, Assistant Professor of Finance – IFMR Graduate School of Business at Krea University, and Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor of Economics – IFMR Graduate School of Business at Krea University, have together worked on an impactful research paper titled “Does Mandatory Expenditure on CSR Affect Firm Value? Empirical Evidence from Indian …

Krea University appoints Dr. Mahesh Rangarajan as Vice Chancellor

Eminent scholar of history and environmental studies to lead Krea University’s efforts to re-imagine education 31st March 2021, Sri City: Krea University announced the appointment of Dr. Mahesh Rangarajan as its next Vice Chancellor, effective July 2021.  A scholar of global renown, Dr. Rangarajan has an MA and a DPhil, both from Oxford University, where he was …

Announcing ‘Inside Marketing 2021’, hosted by IFMR GSB at Krea

IFMR Graduate School of Business (IFMR GSB), Krea University is all set to host ‘Inside Marketing 2021’ on Friday, 12 February 2021. This marketing conclave will feature experts and leaders from a number of sectors, sharing their insights and knowledge related to the theme of Marketing in the New Age. With the aim of bringing us one …

Prof Sumit Mishra publishes impactful research paper on caste-based residential segregation

IFMR GSB faculty member — Sumit Mishra, Assistant Professor, Economics and Data Science has published an impactful research paper. His paper “Fractal urbanism: City size and residential segregation in India” co-authored with Naveen Bharathi (Harvard University), Deepak Malghan (IIM – Bangalore), and Andaleeb Rahman (Cornell University) was published as a forthcoming article on World Development — an A journal as per the ABDC list and listed amongst the top-five development econ journals. The paper presents the first-ever large-scale snapshot of urban residential segregation in India at the neighbourhood-scale. The analysis from 147 largest cities in contemporary India shows how caste-based residential segregation is independent of city size (with the sample including all cities in India, with at least 0.3 million residents in 2011).

Dr Shobha Das panellist at CII Summit

Dr Shobha Das, Dean – IFMR Graduate School of Business (GSB), Krea University, was part of a grand panel of eminent speakers, academics, and celebrated entrepreneurs at the TNTDPC Summit hosted by CII (the Confederation of Indian Industry). Dr Das shared her reflections on the future of management education, elaborating on the opportunities from new-age …

‘Life after IFMR’ with Giri Seshadri Ravi

Confluence – the newly launched Alumni Interaction series by the External and Alumni Relations Committee of IFMR GSB – hosted Mr Giri Seshadri Ravi (alumni cohort 2013-15), a Quantitative Model Developer at Barclays Headquarters, New York. An interactive session packed with insights, Mr Ravi shared his journey at IFMR and how he made the most …

IFMR GSB concludes ‘Mark-Aventure’ — a 45-day marketing competition

Markaholic – the Marketing Committee of IFMR GSB – recently conducted ‘Mark-Aventure’, a D2C Product Launch Simulation Competition which aimed to catapult students in the shoes of product and brand managers. The 45-day event brought together 55 teams from various B-schools across the country. The event was judged by Dinesh Jain, Founder and CEO of …

Jaykumar Patel & Utkarsh Srivastava are proud recipients of Krea’s 100% scholarship to NYU Stern program

Jaykumar Patel and Utkarsh Srivastava (IFMR Graduate School of Business, MBA class of 2021) are proud recipients of Krea’s 100% scholarship to NYU Stern School of Business’ Fintech program.

Krea University offered a 100% scholarship to final-year MBA students to pursue ‘Foundations in Fintech’ – a short-term online program at NYU Stern School of Business. Several students vying for this scholarship underwent a rigorous application and interview process, with Jaykumar and Utkarsh emerging as the top two candidates.

The online course, with a duration of 6-weeks (25 January – 8 March 2021), will deep-dive into the functioning of the financial services industry taught by Professor Kathleen DeRose (Clinical Associate Professor of Finance and Director of NYU Stern Fubon Center FinTech Initiative). Through various video lectures, readings and assessments, this program aims to provide valuable insights about key Fintech areas and prepare students for a career in finance. Participants of this course, upon completion, will receive the NYU Stern Certificate in Fintech.

For more information, visit this link: https://execed.stern.nyu.edu/products/fintech